"But Paris Hilton is not the only celebrity to endorse NFTs in crypto in recent months!" - RYAN KNUTSON, Celebrities Loved Crypto and NFTs. Then the Markets Crashed., The Journal #thejournal #ParisHilton #HappyBirthdayParisHilton #RyanKnutson

"It was a cringey moment!" - BEN FRITZ, With Great Power, Part 3: It’s All Connected, The Journal #thejournal #BenFritz

"Facebook tweeted a statement at the time!" - JESSICA MENDOZA, Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly?, The Journal #thejournal #FacebookBirthday #JessicaMendoza

"The FTC is saying that Meta, formerly Facebook, is a monopoly." - JESSICA MENDOZA, Does Meta Have a Social Media Monopoly?, The Journal #thejournal #FacebookBirthday #JessicaMendoza

"I identified a new database that was just about to get released." - DMITRIY SMILIANETS, Hack Me If You Can, Part 3: The Infiltrator, The Journal #thejournal #DmitriySmilianets

Great piece!

Surrealing in the Years: We're entering a new era of lawlessness. Don't expect much help from our leaders

"Sometimes it sort of feels like after almost 800 years of fighting for freedom a decision was made upon the establishment of an independent Irish state that we would spend the rest of our existence capitulating to anyone who’s prepared to pay a corporate tax rate of a little over 10%"

#technofeudalism #Trump #grok #Musk #TheJournal #Ireland
https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/surrealing-in-the-years-113-6920907-Jan2026/

"Our colleague Suzanne Kapner covers the retail industry." - RYAN KNUTSON, Old Navy Tried to Make Sizes for All. It Backfired., The Journal #thejournal #RyanKnutson

"I'm sitting here with Christmas trees in my house." - MARIAH CAREY, Mariah Carey on the Rise of Her Christmas Anthem, The Journal #thejournal #NationalTakeDowntheChristmasTreeDay #MariahCarey

"Here's a news flash: criminals often lie!" - ROBERT MCMILLAN, The Deepfake Election Has Arrived, The Journal #thejournal #RobertMcmillan

"After getting the RV, Nathan bought a house." - RYAN KNUTSON, How TikTok Became The World's Favorite App, The Journal #thejournal #NationalHomeownersDay #RyanKnutson

"On December 25th last year, the James Webb Telescope finally left Earth, on a rocket from French Guyana." - RYAN KNUTSON, Why The James Webb Telescope Nearly Didn't Make It, The Journal #thejournal #RyanKnutson

"It's A Wonderful Life was right up there, with Home Alone, among the Christmas movies that we can't stop watching!" - BEN COHEN, The Wonderful Accident Behind a Christmas Classic, The Journal #thejournal #NationalChristmasMovieMarathonDay #BenCohen

"Die Hard, Elf, those are popular!" - RYAN KNUTSON, The Wonderful Accident Behind a Christmas Classic, The Journal #thejournal #NationalChristmasMovieMarathonDay #RyanKnutson

"The math wasn't mathing." - JESSICA MENDOZA, Can Superman Save Warner?, The Journal #thejournal #MathematicsDay #JessicaMendoza

"She played with Barbies!" - ROBBIE BRENNER, Mattel Bets Big on Barbie, The Journal #thejournal #StupidToyDay #RobbieBrenner

"There are also concerns about how addictive the app can be!" - RYAN KNUTSON, How TikTok Became The World's Favorite App, The Journal #thejournal #NationalAppDay #RyanKnutson

Why My Live Streams Are Part of Adventure Adjacent (Not a Detour)

https://adventureadjacent.com/2025/12/04/why-my-live-streams-are-part-of-adventure-adjacent-not-a-detour/

"And even some of Pepsi's most stalwart champions have fallen away, like Britney Spears." - ALLISON POHLE, Can Pepsi Make a Comeback?, The Journal #thejournal #BritneySpears #HappyBirthdayBritneySpears #AllisonPohle

"Black Panther and Captain Marvel also got made with big budgets." - BEN FRITZ, With Great Power, Part 4: Endgame, The Journal #thejournal #ChadwickBosemanDay #BenFritz

"Now, I didn't THINK that DOGE was gonna come in like a bull in a China shop, and just start, like, throwing everything out." - KEITH CAMIRE, Three Federal Workers Hit by DOGE, The Journal #thejournal #KeithCamire